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From: "Michael A. Alestock" <michaela@maa-net.net>
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Subject: Upgrade/Backup question
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I'm planning on upgrading to a most recent version of FreeBSD (v4.7 to
v4.8).  I plan on backing up data before doing so.  Which configuration
files (or filesystem[s]) should I backup ??  /, /etc, /var, /usr ???  I'm
excluding "/usr/home" because that's standard anyways.

>> Michael A., USA